COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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ArtArtHiAAH~7~7
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0001983
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aahi0001983
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Work Title (display):
Temple of Heaven Complex (Tiantan): Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqiongyu)
Image Title:
Total of circular building
Work Description:
Round building situated within a circular enclosure with three gates at the south end of the complex. The tablet of the heavenly deity, Haotian Shangdi, was enshrined here. Tablets of lesser deities were held in the small surrounding buildings. Sacrifices were prepared and offered outside the east wall of the Imperial Vault.
Work Dates (display):
ca. 1420
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2005-03-25
Work Creator (display):
unknown Ming
Work Creator gender:
unknown
work_creator_or_agent_gender
unknown
Work Creator gender
false
Work Style Period:
Ming
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Ming
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
15th century
work_styleperiod
15th century
Work Style Period
false
Work Subject:
heaven
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heaven
Work Subject
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Work Worktype:
temples
work_type
temples
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
architecture (object genre)
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architecture (object genre)
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
architecture
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architecture
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Measurements (display):
19.5 m (H)
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Beijing, China
Image Rights (display):
© Ronald Wiedenhoeft. Licensed for educational use via Scholars Resource: Saskia, Ltd.
Work Rights (display):
public domain
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Collection
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